Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g... 27834393 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026She’s here! Today is the start of this Couch to 5k for reading I’ve put together! Come and join us :-D open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...open.substack.comlet's do a 'couch to 5k' for readingwe're going to work ourselves back to good 'reading fitness' over the next eight weeks. come and join us. 9321107 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I'm totally inspired by this, I'm going to try it next time I'm in NY. 010 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumCS50 @cs50.harvard.edu · 29/05/2026Join us for a free, live, online series introducing the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI). This series is designed for anyone interested in better understanding how AI works and the ideas that make it possible. Sign up to attend any of the sessions via Zoom at cs50.harvard.edu/x/zoom/. 084 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumJochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Here’s @anneapplebaum.bsky.social‘s great speech about and for Europe. She urges Europeans to take their (our!) future into our own hands and defend all our values and achievements, protecting them against those who want to destroy, divide and conquer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WEnU...m.youtube.comA Speech to Europe 2026 by Anne ApplebaumYouTube video by ERSTE Foundation 823173 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumNed Hartley @nedhartley.com · 06/03/2026If you think the BBC should be impartial then this is the place to let them know. If you don’t want to pay for the BBC or have to watch adverts then this is the place to let them know. You can‘t complain about the BBC unless you get involved 13122 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 03/01/2026When you go to check something in the CS50x notes of the lecture you are watching and come back to find a completely different video - welcome to CS50x 2026 🤨 Start over or carry on?? #cs50 000 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 03/01/2026This is fun and quite enlightening: www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy/molleindustria.orgOiligarchyNow you can be the protagonist of the petroleum era: explore and drill around the world, corrupt politicians, stop alternative energies and increase the oil addiction. Be sure to have fun before the r... 000 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2025"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.” 8835286617656 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread] 12424781404 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumAJB (dark mode) @ajboyack.bsky.social · 03/03/2025I’ve gifted all of you this article, because I really think it is essential reading for understanding what is going on with the US government right now. I sincerely hope that we can all agree that incompetence and corruption is unacceptable and leads to worse. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comOne Word Describes TrumpA century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world. 2015777 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumDylan Freedman @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com · 09/02/2025Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme... 129110964202 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025People told me that as I got older I’d get more right wing. I waited for it but it hasn’t happened What has happened and is maybe the real journey for my generation is that the enthusiastic tech-utopianism of my 20s has been replaced by dead-eyed horror and the need to scream warnings however I can 31845207 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.5calls.org5 CallsSpend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard. 10022701378 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...snyder.substack.comThe Logic of DestructionAnd how to resist it 337108925188 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Speaking about contemporary politics from Berlin, today at 12:00 noon ET. In English, live online: www.youtube.com/live/xUZkluk...youtube.comGeschichte am Ende der Zeit - Gespräch mit Timothy SnyderYouTube video by Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung / bpb 18620153 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumKelsey @kerushii.bsky.social · 20/01/20254 1/2 minutes worth your time. Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0IvV...open.spotify.comJanuary 19, 2025Letters from an American · Episode 636288 0
Reposted by Melissa Rosenbaumc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Hey, who wants to talk about ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING ELSE right now? 1223732 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumCulture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 13/12/2024#AstroBot wins Game of the Year at #TheGameAwards 1395445838 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Just checked this - mine was listed as „interest-based marketing“ and was defaulted to on. 010 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 27/11/2024This place has morphed into how the other place used to be - it feels good. 010 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumKatharine Horgan @katharinehorgan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I retraced my steps and asked in Munchies cafe as that was the nearest spot to where I thought I had heard the clink and some kind soul handed it in and the staff had it for me. I’m in floods of tears, the chain seems gone but I have the locket. Thank you universe ❤️ 1853725244 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This echo chamber nonsense is predicated on the notion that bigotry is a valid perspective. It isn’t. Grow up! Think better! 773832708 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumBenjamin Harnett @benjaminharnett.com · 04/11/2024NYT tech workers are on strike for a fair contract. We are asking you to #BreakYourStreak on NYT games in solidarity. You can also support our strike fund to keep us going. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...washingtonpost.comNew York Times Tech Guild goes on strikeThe walkout, which began just after midnight Monday, could disrupt the New York Times’s election coverage. 5224831521 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 30/10/2024@taffyakner.bsky.social really enjoyed hearing you being interviewed this evening. Can I ask what was the book on capitalism you mentioned? 110 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 27/10/2024Feeling the need to give this another run out. 25615 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 26/10/2024Worth a listen especially until the end - on what fascism does to people, those who take part in it - how it destroys their lives. 010 0
Melissa Rosenbaum @frizzworld.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #929,298! Just snuck into the first 10% thanks to @terricv.bsky.social for the invite. 020 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/03/2024Dark Lilac, a much-celebrated color of ink, is back — sort of. Lamy, a German pen manufacturer, quietly rereleased it a couple of weeks ago after a limited run in 2016. There was just one problem for fountain pen enthusiasts: The color had changed.nytimes.comIntrigue, Ink and Drama Grip the Fountain Pen CommunityA manufacturer reintroduced Dark Lilac, a limited-edition ink, to great fanfare. The only problem? The color had changed. 47018 0
Reposted by Melissa Rosenbaumkottke.org @kottke.org · 08/01/2024The 25 Best Films of 2023: A Video Countdown. I always look forward to David Ehrlich’s annual love letter to cinema and his favorite films of the year. [kottke.org] 073 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumJay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 22/12/2023“Bluesky” was originally a placeholder name for the project started by Twitter to build an open social protocol. I kept it because it’s memorable and symbolizes the open space of possibilities: the Twitter bird freed from a closed platform to fly in Bluesky’s open ecosystem. 10380107 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 11/11/2023just reposting this because it continues, week after week, to be extremely true. 0275 0
Reposted by Melissa RosenbaumGlenn White @justicar.xyz · 14/10/2023Reminder that if you see disturbing or traumatic images, playing Tetris as soon as possible afterwards can help the brain cleanse itself, and lessen the impacts of it longer term. No, I'm not kidding. And no one knows how or why it works. But it DOES work, and I encourage you to remember it. 10942741827 0
